Lumbini is the birth place of Gautam Buddha, the Guru of Buddhism and is one of the most important Buddhist Pilgrimage Site.
Lumbini is one of the famous festivals of Andhra Pradesh organized by the Tourism Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Every year this festival is celebrated in the month of December to highlight the “Buddhist Heritage” of the state.
This Lumbini festival provides an excellent opportunity to tourists to discover the remaining traces of Buddhist influence of the Hyderabad city. Lumbini is the place where Lord Buddha was born. Every year this festival is organized to give the significance of Buddhism.
The Festival is organized at the Nagarjunasagar dam, in Hyderabad.
The history traces back to 2000 years ago, the significance of Lumbini Festival marks the importance of Buddhism as a religion to the state of Andhra Pradesh., when Buddhism was the only prevalent religion in the state. It is celebrated every year to observe the significance of the holiness of Buddhism and celebrate the religion.
Thousands of followers of Buddhism gather in Hyderabad during Lumbini festival every year, it is celebrated on one of the weekends for three days in the month of December. The pilgrimage celebration starts from the second Friday of the month.
In 2010, Lumbini festival held on 10th to 12th December 2010.
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